Gov. Hochul renames Central Park subway station after civil rights revolutionary Malcolm X

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul renamed a Central Park subway station after Malcolm X, the prominent civil rights leader who was a longtime Harlem resident, as part of the city’s Harlem Week celebration. The legislation penned by Hochul will rename the...

National Convention kicks off in Pretoria

Since April 2025, a Preparatory Task Team has been responsible for preparing for the first National Convention. NATIONAL NEWS - The long-awaited National Convention, which paves the way for the National Dialogue, has kicked off this morning at the...

The Importance and Continuance of Multiparty Democracy in Liberia: Stop following the Hegemonies of those Political-Social-Economic-Vampires-Hyenas

Throughout history, the political landscape of many countries has experienced dramatic changes, often delineated by the prevailing governance systems. One such juxtaposition is found between one-party systems and multiparty democracies. In...

Birss criticises “Balkanised” civil justice procedure

Birss: Silly differences Lord Justice Birss, the outgoing deputy head of civil justice, has spoken out at what he called the “heavily Balkanised” civil justice process in England and Wales. Birss LJ particularly targeted the five overlapping but...

The Civil Society Forum continued its work in the format of thematic sessions

Today, the Civil Society Forum, organised within the framework of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC), continued its work in the format of thematic sessions. The session «Digital Economy, Innovation and Sustainable...

Civil society organizes to support victims and search for missing people

On the Facebook page of the Contestatária Civil Society (SCC), a statement was released announcing the creation of the Civic Movement to Support Victims, defined as "a circumstantial civic platform, created specifically to support the families...

Civil society groups hold symbolic hunger strike in Pune protesting atrocities against Palestinians

UNDER THE banner ‘A Hunger Strike of Solidarity – For Gaza!’, several progressive organisations and concerned citizens from Pune came together on Saturday to protest the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine. The symbolic hunger strike, held at...

Loosing Liberia’s Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Importance by De-gazetting Sapo National Park: Standing on the Side of Preservation

Liberia, a country rich in natural beauty and biodiversity, stands at a critical environmental crossroad. The recent debate surrounding the potential de-gazettement of Sapo National Park, which is Liberia’s oldest and most iconic protected area,...

Olawepo-Hashim donates N5m to Kwara NUJ

Presidential hopeful, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has donated N5 million to the Kwara State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondents’ Chapel. The donation was against the backdrop of the NUJ’s 45th anniversary; after the...

The Media Line: 50 Years Later, Lebanese Women Look for Those Who Disappeared During the Civil War 

Audio By Carbonatix 50 Years Later, Lebanese Women Look for Those Who Disappeared During the Civil War The lack of authorities’ interest in finding the 17,425 missing stems from a general amnesty agreement protecting all sides at the end of the...

Hacking from the South, unlearning from the North

The Global South is leading on technological innovation for itself. Yet philanthropy continues to fund Global North ‘tech transfer models’ and ignore what’s already happening in the communities it resources. It’s time to let knowledge flow both...

LIVESTREAM | Day 1 of the National Convention kicks off

PRETORIA - National Convention officially begins. The programme is the precursor to the National Dialogue, which aims to include all of South African society. Numerous political parties and civil organisations are participating with President...

Freedom Trail Marker honors civil rights trailblazers in Leake County

Two sisters who helped shape the civil rights movement in rural Mississippi were honored Friday with a Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker.Winson and Dovie Hudson, pioneers in voter registration and public school desegregation efforts in Leake...

Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva

August 5th, 2025 Geneva, Switzerland – On the day the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty starts, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the world gathered at Place des Nations in Geneva to demand an...

NAF partners NCCSALW to combat illegal arms proliferation

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has committed to a robust partnership with the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to educate and sensitize communities on the dangers of illegal...

Former CEO agrees to pay back $150k to charity she's accused of defrauding

The former CEO of a Sydney domestic violence charity has reached a confidential settlement after she agreed to pay back $150,000 in lieu of funds she had been accused of appropriating. Gabrielle Morrissey was CEO of Sydney charity Women and...

President Mahama will lead “relentless and ruthless” war on illegal mining – Ablakwa

President John Dramani Mahama will spearhead what government describes as a “relentless and ruthless campaign” to end illegal mining, or galamsey, once and for all, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa,...

Humboldt Supes Vow to Protect ‘Gender-Affirming Health Care’

Citing state law, a Humboldt County proclamation has affirmed support for gender nonconforming people and vows legal protection from “attempts to impose criminal punishment, civil liability, administrative penalties or professional sanctions based...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins legal fight over Marchello Woodard’s death

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A Dozen-Plus Stimulants, Gathered for Your Edification and Inspiration Dear Intelligent American, Whether at the church parking lot or outside the supermarket or anywhere there’s asphalt and stripes of paint, there seems to be a growing number of...